while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is … explained by growth in the use of factor inputs. We also find that median technical efficiency declined in all but one of the … industries between the two years, and change in technical efficiency explains a very small proportion in the change in gross …

In this paper we compare two flexible estimators of technical efficiency in a cross-sectional setting: the … examples. We find that the reliability of efficiency scores critically hinges upon the ratio of the variation in efficiency to …

, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique … as pivotal input in order to control for their particular contribution to firm-level efficiency. Conceptually, the study … results of this study suggest that - if the aim is to leverage companies' productivity - emphasis should be put on supporting …

spillovers from other foreign firms operating in the same product market. This evidence on the dynamics of efficiency is …

recent empirical work on the impact of organizational capital on firm productivity and workers? wages. We then discuss in … detail how organizational capital has been measured and the measurement issues that face those trying to understand the …

Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in … privatization, competition and foreign investment. We also test hypotheses positing that only firms near the efficiency frontier … find that privatization to domestic owners did not markedly improve the efficiency of firms; domestic firms are not …

Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. When measurement costs differ among firms …, those with a measurement cost advantage choose to implement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the … switch to salary firms once their productivity is revealed. The magnitude of the resulting worker flows depends on the payoff …

bargaining agreements works councils are more likely to be engaged in productivity enhancing activities and less engaged in rent … empirical analysis confirms this hypothesis. The presence of works councils exerts a positive impact on productivity within the …

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …